For those who love the poetry and stories of Jalal al-Din Rumi, the 13th century Sufi Mystic. Daily posts present a variety of translators and translations. Many English speaking people are coming to an appreciation of Rumi's poetry through the translations of Coleman Barks and Camille and Kabir Helminski. Examples of those popular works are offered on Sunlight, along with the lesser known translations of Nader Khalili, Jonathan Star, Annemarie Schimmel, William Chittick and Ibrahim Gamard.

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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

The core of every fruit is better than its rind:consider the body to be the rind,and its friend the spirit to be the core.After all, the Human Being has a goodly core;seek it for one momentif you are of those inspired by the Divine Breath.